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GeForce GTX 1650
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VRAM
4 GB
CUDA
896
FP32
2.984 TF
Bandwidth
128 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1665 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute2.984 TFLOPS3%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth128 GB/s7%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity4 GB13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units8964%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency13/10022%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy6,840pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)3,420pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)988spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute48,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming19
Ray tracing19
AI / Compute20
Creator / 3D19
Power efficiency13
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 23 fps
1080p
42
1440p
18
4K
9
Counter-Strike 2avg 52 fps
1080p
102
1440p
37
4K
16
Fortniteavg 45 fps
1080p
82
1440p
41
4K
11
Battlefield 5avg 36 fps
1080p
49
1440p
38
4K
20
Far Cry 5avg 38 fps
1080p
57
1440p
39
4K
18
Valorantavg 107 fps
1080p
68
1440p
172
4K
81
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
59fps
1440p
35fps
4K
23fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($149) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$2.24
1440p
$3.70
4K
$6.60
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Fans love it sips power so no extra cables needed and fits tiny builds. The usual gripe is the VRAM is too low for modern games.
Pros
- Plays many games at medium settings
- Fits into almost any small PC
- Sips power, runs cool and quiet
- No extra power cables needed
Cons
- Too slow for modern games
- Only 4GB VRAM limits textures
- No ray tracing performance at all
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 896
- TMUs
- 56
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 1024 MB
Memory
- Size
- 4 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 128 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1485 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1665 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 2.984 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 2.984 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 53 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 93.24 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 75W
- Suggested PSU
- 150W
- Power connectors
- None
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 229 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.5
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- 7.5
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1650
A modest Turing-based card that runs on slot power alone, but its 4GB of memory already felt too small at launch.
Get it if you need a basic, low-power card for an older PC with no extra power cables. Skip it if you want to play any modern games at decent settings, as this is painfully slow.
Buy it if…
- You need a basic GPU for older games without a power cable.
- You are building a budget PC that just needs a display output.
- You want a low-power card for a small office or media PC.
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